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PYSEC-2022-43017

Details

An issue discovered in Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) Wheel 0.37.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via attacker controlled input to wheel cli.

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Affected packages

PyPI / wheel

Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 0.38.1

Fix pip install --upgrade 'wheel>=0.38.1'

References

https://pypi.org/project/wheel/ [PACKAGE]
https://github.com/pypa/wheel/blob/main/src/wheel/wheelfile.py#L18 [WEB]
https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages/ [EVIDENCE]
https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages/ [ADVISORY]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qwmp-2cf2-g9g6 [ADVISORY]